Professor Barbour
Professor S.D. Barbour is a native of Kentucky [a farm girl]. She's proud of her roots and was encouraged by herself and family to attend college. She is a first generation graduate who earned her Associates, Bachelors, Masters and Education Specialists degrees [cum laude].
Her journey was not easy. Before her Masters degree she suffered a stroke in 1996. It took her a year to recover, yet left her with some deficits not seen by the human eye. In between the Masters and Post Grad studies she suffered two more mini-strokes. These traumas caused her studies to be difficult, but she was determined and God was faithful. She is a strong believer in her faith She worked hard and graduated "cum laude" in her class. She did not give up! She knows she is an educator, a motivator and a beacon of hope.
She has come full circle in higher education as an Adjunct Instructor to a Professor, an Associate Dean, a blessed Global Published Author, Education Consultant and now Keynote Speaker.
Some of her topics include: diversity, workplace bullying and inspiration from tragedies to triumphs!
She has completed two books and in the process of completing her third book. She says "Educator's who care, seek to succeed."
Professor S.D. Barbour is a native of Kentucky [a farm girl]. She's proud of her roots and was encouraged by herself and family to attend college. She is a first generation graduate who earned her Associates, Bachelors, Masters and Education Specialists degrees [cum laude].
Her journey was not easy. Before her Masters degree she suffered a stroke in 1996. It took her a year to recover, yet left her with some deficits not seen by the human eye. In between the Masters and Post Grad studies she suffered two more mini-strokes. These traumas caused her studies to be difficult, but she was determined and God was faithful. She is a strong believer in her faith She worked hard and graduated "cum laude" in her class. She did not give up! She knows she is an educator, a motivator and a beacon of hope.
She has come full circle in higher education as an Adjunct Instructor to a Professor, an Associate Dean, a blessed Global Published Author, Education Consultant and now Keynote Speaker.
Some of her topics include: diversity, workplace bullying and inspiration from tragedies to triumphs!
She has completed two books and in the process of completing her third book. She says "Educator's who care, seek to succeed."
Bullying: Negative to positive
This program will display a prime fictional example of the 21st century mindset of how the bully picks someone from a "crowd" (i.e. work, school, church, on the street, family, even a gang menber) and bullies them without warning, disguise, high regard, empathy or loyalty.
She challenges the audience to seek alternatives to turn the negatives to positives...she has a story to tell!
Amazing Survival to Inspiring Journey
Professor Barbour shares her Amazing Survival of three strokes to an Inspiring Journey of her education accomplishments in order to inform others that no matter the challenges there is a way to beat the odds. She has an incredible spirit, is a medical miracle, a beacon of hope and an educator who cares! She says, "When she couldn't talk, she prayed and asked God to please not take her singing voice away if she ever recovered..", she remembers being able to "hum." She can still...
Diversity's Voice: Now and Then
Professor Barbour shares the "voice" of reason and concepts of the views from nearly 1,000 students over a 5.5 year span. Where she gathered research by meeting and interviewing students about diversity and what it means to lives.
They truly have a "Voice, and would like for things to change". They rattled the chains of the 18th century into the 21st century of how they felt about diversity.
Motivation: Turning Your Weaknesses in Positives
Professor Barbour takes simplistic day-to-day characteristics we may think are weaknesses or negatives and shows her audience how to turn them into positives. She engages the audience in dancing, singing, clapping. Her audiences receive the best positive motivation and will be cheering for more.
Get ready to dance!
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